Example sentences of "could have [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing could have prepared her for the intimacy of the pictures . |
| 2 | Just for a moment he met her eyes , his own very dark and filled with something that made her heart start to beat rapidly , high in her throat , yet nothing could have prepared her for the shock of what he said . |
| 3 | Nothing could have prepared her for the beauty they had just shared , and she knew that for as long as she lived she would never regret giving herself to this man . |
| 4 | Nothing in the three villagers ' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes . |
| 5 | Back in London after that trip she said : ‘ Nothing could have prepared me for the agony of seeing countless dying children . |
| 6 | Nothing in his IBM Corp background could have prepared him for the kind of speech he gave — in fact had to give , if Taligent is to be seen as the answer to the world 's ills . |
| 7 | Nothing however could have prepared him for the drama to come . |
| 8 | We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received ! |
| 9 | Although having accustomed ourselves to ‘ polyfilla based nutrition ’ nothing could have prepared us for the fish which was served at one of the so-called meals . |
| 10 | If only he could have done it with the Palace ! |
| 11 | ‘ You could have done it on the sly , like , arranged to speak to her in private . ’ |
| 12 | Could have done it from the front . |
| 13 | I was mad with him , could have battered him into the ground I could if I was strong enough . ’ |
| 14 | The stresses set up by the effects of heat and cold on the glass could have weakened it to the point that it may fracture under pressure in the aquarium . |
| 15 | Even if he had thought that his parents were still there — which I found hard to believe — he could have visited them in the morning . |
| 16 | any , any other sort of mouse I could have brought me mouse with me and we could have run it off the serial port erm it 's a pain that Amstrad mouse . |
| 17 | ‘ If I 'd had three boys I could have fitted them into the same bedrooms . ’ |
| 18 | You tell me how any of us could have chucked him over the balustrade even if the whole lot of us got together to do it . |
| 19 | But having said that surely Wilkinson could have kept him at the club , for someone who says that players are picked on the performances they produce how can he explain Deane ? |
| 20 | Her desire for such a life was so passionate , and her gratitude to Walter for this glimpse of it was so great that she could have kissed him in the street , and later that day she did in fact allow him to undo her brassiere strap without a word of protest . |
| 21 | ‘ I could have forgiven him for the debts he piled up , but the lies , having another woman — I can never forgive that , ’ Jean says . |
| 22 | The other girls went together in a group but I was on my own , and I suppose someone could have followed me from the dance … |
| 23 | Beth had a love for children , but how she wished she could have borne them for the man she loved , instead of the man she was indebted to . |
| 24 | Then the man was running , and Blagg could have shot him in the back but he had only one round left . |
| 25 | Heydrich could have shot him in the head . |
| 26 | Goering could have shot him from the skies . |
| 27 | Ultimately , it was all too easy for Sainz , who could afford to enjoy the scenery in yesterday 's Scottish forest stages after Kankkunnen , the only man who could have overhauled him in the world title race , lost crucial time when his Lancia hit a rock . |
| 28 | ‘ His indifference pushed her to the edge whereas he could have romanced her to the end of the world . |
| 29 | She could have asked him about the carrots . |
| 30 | ‘ Hardly , or I could have asked it over the telephone , and avoided imposing upon you . |